IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR FREE PRESS (AND FOR THE UK SOVEREIGNTY)
Please join us! Join the Julian Assange Defence Commitee on the 30th of May at 9AM in front of Westminster Magistrates Court. We need to be thousands and thousands. It's not only about the hearing. We need to show we are aware of what is going on, we need to make the UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid realise that sending Julian Assange to the US is something that a sovereign country cannot do. We don't send a publisher to a place where he can be tortured just for doing journalism and revealing real facts.

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Formerpresident George H. W. Bush was America’s last war hero president, whose life was defined by service in Congress, the State Department, the CIA and finally the White House. President Trump’s time in office, by contrast, has been defined by a war on virtually all of the norms and institutions that Bush held dear, especially the CIA. Three months ago, much of official Washington, minus the president, gathered at Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of Sen. John McCain. That ceremony celebrated McCain’s life and his belief in America as a robust, moral and engaged force on the global stage. Ultimately, it also served as a repudiation of Trump’s politics and worldview. This time around, many expect something similar. The difference this time is that Washington is mourning not only a veteran and former congressman, but a member of the most exclusive club in American democracy. Most presidential funerals have provided an opportunity for presidents past and present to stress their shared sense of patriotism, mission and purpose. For Trump, Bush’s funeral and the presence of his fellow commanders in chief together in close proximity could serve to highlight his isolation. Read more on washingtonpost.com. (Photo by Alex Edelman/AP Photo)
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Covering POTUS @coveringpotus3 December 2018
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In a truly shocking development, Trump’s Justice Department has indicted #WikiLeakspublisher #JulianAssangefor publishing secret government documents under the Espionage Act of 1917.
The Espionage Act, originally intended for use against spies, has been wielded against sources of journalists and whistleblowers in recent decades, but never a publisher. No matter your personal feelings about Assange, these new charges against him are unprecedented, terrifying, and strike at the heart of fundamental press freedom rights.
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